S2E1 Developing Mental Agility & Managing Risk in Your Everyday Life | Retired Green Beret, Chris Cypert | Citizens Defense Research

In this episode, Lora interviews retired Green Beret & Instructor Chris Cypert of Citizens Defense Research about:

• How to find good training; what to look for in a trainer/instructor
• Different tools for different missions
• Backwards planning and how to apply it in your life
• CDR's The Armed Parent/Guardian training
• Managing & assessing risk in your everyday life
• Looking at problems through the lens of probability & severity
• What it means to truly be well rounded in self preservation
• Thinking about the off ramps of verbal agility & de-escalation
• What is mental agility and how does one develop it?
• Training under stress: ideas to test your training
• Why some people more easily stay calm and clear minded under stress
• What sells isn't always what's needed
• Why knowing your on demand skills and capabilities is imperative to self preservation
• A challenge for the 2A community